GOOFY PUNK RECORD SCUM OBSESSIONS

Sukebe_GG

The Misfits 7"ers were probably some of the first pricey displayed on the wall punk records I ever saw - Bleecker Bobs in LA in like '86 or so. There was kind of a legendary cachet built up around them by many famous punkers (cover of Forced Exposure during the early punkee run even), Rollin's tattoo, etc. I liked Walk Among Us and Earth AD good enough but never managed to see them on the West Coast. Anyhow, boots of those early singles appeared soon enough and supposedly helped fund Sympathy for the Record Industry, so all is good 🥳

Allez Al

sicboy I'm convinced those early Misfits records that Ancient Artifacts posts are just sold back and forth between the same 10 people.

Oh look, I found yet another suitcase full of Misfits 7"s...

v

ExpKind I agree with you there. To me, I think it's a symptom of collector scum culture, where people scalp something notable that has a sweet spot between availability and being known. Like how in "the collector sphere" (yuck!) one of the most expensive Nintendo games ever sold was a copy of Super Mario Bros, and like how one of the most expensive VHS tapes ever sold was a copy of Back To The Future.

sicboy sold back and forth between the same 10 people

I've heard the same about the Australian 1st press of The Stooges S/T, but instead of 10 people it's like 3 to 5...

Neon Taste Records

Like all things, some of it's valid and some of it ain't.

Anyone that doesn't understand the appeal of 1st or 2nd pressing Bullet doesn't really understand Punk records or record collecting. Maybe that makes me a snob or maybe that's me just saying I have one and fuck ya'll.

Randall

Neon Taste Records Anyone that doesn't understand the appeal of 1st or 2nd pressing Bullet doesn't really understand Punk records or record collecting.

If you mean the $2000 price tag then, as a seller, yes I see the appeal.

Neon Taste Records

While we're being admittedly ridiculous
The most I've ever spent was $1500 CDN. No Thanks To The Human Turd.

sicboy

I understand the appeal. I don't understand the $1000 appeal.

Neon Taste Records

I guess everyone gets horny. But I get like incredibly horny.

Al Dorado

Randall
never thrown down big on a misfits record but was given, GIVEN a copy of horror business by a girl i knew. No sleeve or insert but i'm not complaining. yellow vinyl.

Minimum Table Stacks

sicboy funny I was saying basically the same thing a few months ago at the Maplewood Record Fair. Almost every dealer there seemed to have at least one 4-figure Misfits record and me and a few others were wondering if the ghoul bubble was about to burst.

terminalsunset

I had no idea the market for Misfits records. Even the post-Danzig stuff goes for hundreds of dollars??? Wild.

Al Dorado

terminalsunset
The first pressings of Samhain's November Coming Fire has a pressing defect on side 1 and that still goes for big $. For years I thought I just had a bad copy.

Mark Smith

Al Dorado November

Haha. Yeah, I bought and returned 3 different copies of ‘November Coming Fire’ because of that skip in junior high and finally just said said fuck it, I’m over it. Oops. Regularly wish I could go back in time to the “import” section of Record World in the Crystal Mall and nab all the shit I told myself I’d buy next week. Such is (my) life.

Al Dorado

Mark Smith
hah similar. the stuff i passed on at the time (esp. when i bought a bad TSOL album or something instead lol)

phasefive

Nothing wrong with spending big on records if that’s what you’re into! But that said, after working in a second hand store for a long time it’s somewhat embarrassing when people only care about “the trophies” (I’ve heard people actually use that term before) and have the mentality that rare equals good every time.